Politicize or Perish! The Importance of Policy for Australian Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurses

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Sgro, Silvana ^a   Happell, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

influence; mental health; nursing; policy; psychiatric

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REVIEW;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOBBYING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY MAKING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SOCIETIES, NURSING;

EID: 33745922857     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154406288274     Document Type: Article

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